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Creating and Publishing Blog Articles

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Leya Wood
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Lead Gen & CRM offers the ability to create and publish blog articles from within the platform.

Blogs can be categorized and published under a specific category.

This article will detail how to create, edit, and delete blog articles.

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Creating Blog Categories

Every blog article must to be tied to a blog category. To create a blog category, do the following:

  1. Click Landing Pages in the left toolbar.
  2. Click Blogs.
  3. Click  cog.png  Options > New Blog Article Category.

    New Blog Article Category

  4. Enter a category name in the modal window that appears.
  5. Click Create Category.

    Create new blog category


Editing or Deleting Blog Categories

To edit or delete a blog category, do the following:

  1. Click Landing Pages in the left toolbar.
  2. Click Blogs.
  3. Click All Categories.
  4. Select the desired category in the drop-down menu that appears.
  5. Click  12close.png  Delete Category in the category row.
  6. Click OK the modal window that appears.


Creating Blog Articles

Before an article can be published, it must first be created. To create a new blog article, do the following:

  1. Click Landing Pages in the left toolbar.
  2. Click Blogs.
  3. Click  cog.png  Options > New Blog Article.

    New Blog Article

  4. Enter a blog name in the modal window that appears.
  5. Click Create Article.

    Create blog article


Creating Blog Articles via the Content Calendar

Blog articles can also be created through the Content Calendar. To create a new blog article in this manner, do the following:

  1. Click Content Calendar in the left toolbar.
  2. Click Create > Blog Article in the left panel.

    Content Calender Create Blog Article

  3. Enter a blog name in the modal window that appears.
  4. Click Create Article.

    Create Blog Article


Editing Blog Article Metadata

To edit the metadata of an article, create or edit a blog article:

  1. Click the  newspaper.png  Article Info tab.
  2. Enter a blog title in the Title field.
  3. Modify the Slug field to reflect the article's content.
  4. Set the author in the Author field.
  5. Set the blog category in the Category field.
  6. Click Save Changes.

    Blog Article Metadata

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Modifying the slug produces a custom URL in the published blog. Modifying the slug allows you to share a well-formatted link with those who view your blog articles from a landing page. A modified slug will appear similar to the following:

pages.services/subdomain.domain.com/[main funnel slug]/articles/[custom blog slug]


Entering Blog Content

To add and edit the content of a blog, create or edit a blog article:

  1. Click the  image.png  Media tab.
  2. Click Upload Featured Image to upload the image that will display and identify the blog.
  3. Write a short description for the article in the Description box.
  4. Click into the Content Editor and utilize the features of the Content Editor to write article content.
  5. Click Save Changes.

    Blog Article Media Tab and Content Editor

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Publishing Blog Articles

Blog articles can be published at set dates and times. To publish a blog article, do the following:

  1. Click Landing Pages in the left toolbar.
  2. Click Blogs.
  3. Locate the article to publish and click  cog.png  Options > Publish in the article row.

    Publish Blog Article

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  4. Select the publication's date and time in the modal window that appears.
  5. Click Publish.

    Publish Blog Article

This method is also used in unpublishing previously published articles.


Deleting Blog Articles

To delete a blog article, do the following:

  1. Click Landing Pages in the left toolbar.
  2. Click Blogs.
  3. Locate the article to be deleted and click  cog.png  Options > Delete in the article row.

    Delete blog article

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  4. Click OK the modal window that appears.

    Delete blog article confirmation


Publishing Blog Articles on Landing Pages

To create a blog landing page, do the following:

  1. Click Landing Pages in the left toolbar.
  2. Click Page Templates.
  3. Click All Templates > Make A Blog.

    Make a Blog Page Templates

  4. Select a single page or funnel blog template and click  pencil.png  Edit to edit that page or template.

    Edit Funnel

  5. Enter a name for the landing page in the modal window that appears.
  6. Click Create Funnel.

    New Blog Funnel

  7. Double-click There are no active articles yet in the Page Editor.
  8. Select the desired blog category in the Blog Category drop-down menu.

    Select Category for Blog Landing Page

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  9. Click  file-text.png  Page Settings in the left panel.
  10. Enter a slug name.
  11. Click Publish.

    Blog Landing Page Settings

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Once your articles have been published, you can obtain the RSS feed for your articles at the bottom of your blog landing page.

Important: Blog landing pages and their corresponding RSS feeds will be limited to 100 posts. Any blog articles older than the 100 most recent articles will not be shown for the selected categories.

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